title: CT appearance in tuberculous pancreatic abscess.
abstract: We report a case of a tuberculous pancreatic abscess in a 47-year-old human immunodeficiency virus positive intravenous drug abuser. She had a prolonged febrile course and persistent abdominal pain. On CT and sonography the lesion lacked the usual ancillary features of an abscess such as diffuse pancreatic enlargement and a peripancreatic fluid collection, and more closely resembled a necrotic neoplasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lucak
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Delany
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Morehouse
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging